1925–26 NHL season

Regular season

Final standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold

National Hockey League	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Ottawa Senators	36	24	8	4	52	77	42	341
Montreal Maroons	36	20	11	5	45	91	73	554
Pittsburgh Pirates	36	19	16	1	39	82	70	264
Boston Bruins	36	17	15	4	38	92	85	279
New York Americans	36	12	20	4	28	68	89	361
Toronto St. Patricks	36	12	21	3	27	92	114	325
Montreal Canadiens	36	11	24	1	23	79	108	458

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Nels Stewart	Montreal Maroons	36	34	8	42
Cy Denneny	Ottawa Senators	36	24	12	36
Carson Cooper	Boston Bruins	36	28	3	31
Jimmy Herberts	Boston Bruins	36	26	5	31
Howie Morenz	Montreal Canadiens	31	23	3	26
Jack Adams	Toronto St. Patricks	36	21	5	26
Aurel Joliat	Montreal Canadiens	35	17	9	26
Billy Burch	New York Americans	36	22	3	25
Hooley Smith	Ottawa Senators	28	16	9	25
Frank Nighbor	Ottawa Senators	35	12	13	25

Leading goaltenders

GP = Games played, GA = Goals against, SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	GA	SO	GAA
Georges Vezina	Montreal Canadiens	1	1	0	1.0
Alex Connell	Ottawa Senators	36	42	15	1.2
Roy Worters	Pittsburgh Pirates	35	68	7	1.9
Odie Cleghorn	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	2	0	2.0
Clint Benedict	Montreal Maroons	36	73	6	2.0
Charles Stewart	Boston Bruins	35	80	6	2.3
Jake Forbes	New York Americans	36	89	2	2.5
Alphonse Lacroix	Montreal Canadiens	5	15	0	3.0
Bill Taugher	Montreal Canadiens	1	3	0	3.0
Herb Rheaume	Montreal Canadiens	29	89	0	3.1
John Ross Roach	Toronto St. Patricks	36	114	2	3.2
Maurice Roberts	Boston Bruins	1	5	0	5.0

Playoffs

NHL Championship

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Montreal Maroons

Date	Team	Score	Team	Score	Notes
March 8	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Montreal Maroons	3
March 11	Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Montreal Maroons	3

Montreal wins total goals series 6 goals to 4

Montreal Maroons vs. Ottawa Senators

Date	Team	Score	Team	Score	Notes
March 25	Montreal Maroons	1	Ottawa Senators	1
March 27	Montreal Maroons	1	Ottawa Senators	0

Montreal wins total goals series 2 goals to 1.

Finals

Victoria Cougars vs. Montreal Maroons

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score
March 30	Victoria Cougars	0	Montreal Maroons	3
April 1	Victoria Cougars	0	Montreal Maroons	3
April 3	Victoria Cougars	3	Montreal Maroons	2
April 6	Victoria Cougars	0	Montreal Maroons	2

Montreal Maroons win best-of-five series 3 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup

NHL Playoff leading scorer

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Nels Stewart	Montreal Maroons	8	6	3	9

NHL awards

Hart Memorial Trophy:	Nels Stewart, Montreal Maroons
Lady Byng Trophy:	Frank Nighbor, Ottawa Senators
O'Brien Cup:	Montreal Maroons
Prince of Wales Trophy:	Montreal Canadiens (for winning first game in Madison Square Gardens) Montreal Maroons (for NHL championship)

First games

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1925–26 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark debut in playoffs):

Wildor Larochelle, Montreal Canadiens
Albert Leduc, Montreal Canadiens
Pit Lepine, Montreal Canadiens
Babe Siebert, Montreal Maroons
Nels Stewart, Montreal Maroons
Joe Simpson, New York Americans
Hec Kilrea, Ottawa Senators
Roy Worters, Pittsburgh Pirates
Harold Darragh, Pittsburgh Pirates
Baldy Cotton, Pittsburgh Pirates
Lionel Conacher, Pittsburgh Pirates
Hib Milks, Pittsburgh Pirates

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1925–26 (listed with their last team):

Georges Vezina, Montreal Canadiens